supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30500360);the Open Topic of State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology (2009SKLAB07-2)
The H19 gene, which is imprinted with preferential expression from the maternal allele, was one of the first identified imprinting genes in mammals. Recent studies revealed that correct imprinting of the H19 gene play...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30500360);the Youth Science and Technology Innovation Fund for Young Scientists of Nanjing Agricultural University (KJ05011)
Cattle yaks are an F1 hybrid between cattle and yaks and exhibit significant hybrid vigor. However, cattle yaks are sterile males. To study the epigenetic aspects of this reproductive isolation, IGF2 mRNA expression i...